1950s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture; Establishments – Disestablishments

The 1950s was the decade that started on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959.

[change] Events

1953 – Edmund Hillary is the first man on Mount Everest.
1954 – Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends France's colonization of Vietnam and leads to division of Vietnam into North and South
1956 – Suez Crisis
1959 – Fidel Castro becomes the president of Cuba
Korean War
Sputnik

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments